The ENTIRE Story of The Lich in Adventure Time

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4 ай бұрын

Unearth the chilling saga of The Lich, the greatest adversary from the Land of Ooo, in a concise, 19-minute deep dive. "The ENTIRE Story of The Lich in 19 Minutes" unveils the dark journey of this ancient, cosmic entity known for sowing chaos, destruction, and death across the universe of "Adventure Time."
Trace The Lich's origins from his first terrifying appearance to his final defeat, exploring the pivotal moments that define his character and the profound impact he has on Finn, Jake, and the other denizens of Ooo. This video compiles the lore, battles, and eerie philosophy of The Lich, showcasing why he's considered one of the most formidable villains in animated history.
Perfect for fans seeking to revisit the terror and allure of The Lich or newcomers intrigued by the lore of "Adventure Time," this recap captures the essence of the series' most malevolent force. Subscribe for more concise stories from your favorite shows, and don't forget to comment on what makes The Lich a fascinating character in the realm of animation

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@Emperor-Fatalis 2 ай бұрын

"Fall" just goes way too hard.

@griddycheese Ай бұрын

Getting commanded to fall is hard asf

@BrikLikesWaffles Ай бұрын

@@griddycheeseMother Nature commands the tree’s leaves to fall

@seemetta9811 Ай бұрын

13:07 Nut (starts nutting)

@indomitabltyrant9687 Ай бұрын

that shii got some aura to it

@jaylouden6893 6 күн бұрын

Odee W villain

@craz2580 3 ай бұрын

Everyone says the Lich... But we all know the creepy deer is the worst

@ElectrostatiCrow 2 ай бұрын

No words. Just silent terror.

@Inferno45 2 ай бұрын

The way he licks everything

@stephenantonsson_II 2 ай бұрын

I never saw how that thing was creepy. I can’t be the only one, right?

@ahmadkisanieh744 2 ай бұрын

What are u guys talking about

@rabeyaruby607 2 ай бұрын

Same here

@morpheus1531 4 ай бұрын

The Lich is hands down one of the best crafted villains in animation of all time

@dummyacc016 4 ай бұрын

Hands

@Yokyle4356 4 ай бұрын

🪬

@TheCursedOne02 3 ай бұрын

True ( Is that a joke?)

@morpheus1531 3 ай бұрын

@@TheCursedOne02 no I was being serious. the hand pun wasn’t intended 😂

@mediumchicago_pizza 3 ай бұрын

boss baby tweet

@IchizokuRonin 2 ай бұрын

Ngl, The Lich was the first villain to give me a whole new perspective on villains. Back then, I used to look at villains as people who are meant to lose, by losing their lives or by failing their plans. But the Lich, however, was different. His plans usually went successful, and he almost reached to his goal many times, or even went to a situation where neither him nor Finn win.

@user-qs6fq8hc7k 17 күн бұрын

I'm stoned so it may not be but this appears to be the most grammatically correct sentence I've seen in a comment in years

@miciagaming7323 4 ай бұрын

you can tell this series means business when there's THREE nuclear bombs in the first second

@Kokuswolf 3 ай бұрын

Bold start, hard to improve afterwards. But they did it.

@benparrish672 Ай бұрын

I wish tht would happen in real life

@miciagaming7323 Ай бұрын

@@benparrish672 the part where everyone dies or the cute radioactive creatures?

@enigmatic2878 18 күн бұрын

@@miciagaming7323everyone dies

@miciagaming7323 18 күн бұрын

@@enigmatic2878 I agree that would be epic

@YoungMouthbottom 3 ай бұрын

I love that when asked about the Lich, Ron Perlman had no idea what fans were asking about hahahaha, he delivered one of the best characters ever and can't even remember playing him, he should voice more characters, imagine how good one could be if he seriously focused

@adius256 3 ай бұрын

Just because he doesn't remember the role doesn't mean he wasn't focused in the moment. Not that unusual for a professional actor

@bip8073 Ай бұрын

The litch total screen time is about 15 minutes i think? (before we saw him again meeting Golb) I believe it is even more less in dialogue. So i can understand how it can be easy to forget he ever voiced litch. Did a great job ofcourse.

@stuff.23 4 ай бұрын

2 theory's 1: The Lich we see in Fionna and Cake might not be the OG because of how the face tear is on the opposite side 2: that all of the new blocks around Golb are liches from other universes or other scholars because in the episode "Come along with me" Gold has only a few blocks around its head

@wendigojimmay9150 3 ай бұрын

Yeah I think the second part is so true. Every scholar is a new door he can influence and send chaos through. I can’t believe this was a “kids” show ahaha. It literally starts off with nuclear wars an little kids getting turned into vampires aha. But I love how that dingus bullied sweet pea and got his mind melted for being a arse ahahaha.

@someonequinof 2 ай бұрын

Golb* not Gold

@justanordinaryguy._.7399 2 ай бұрын

It's kind of terrifying honestly, which means there is more and more Liches that were successful to accomplish their mission, which is to destroy every living thing, which the universe itself.

@ShojoBakunyu Ай бұрын

HBO's Litch is not Fill Litch.

@SaintGuillotine Ай бұрын

1. It is the original lich, it was flipped

@GnA_000 2 ай бұрын

"You are strong child... but i am beyond strength" 🥶

@moron0000 3 ай бұрын

Love how much conflict they managed to squeeze out of this stereotypical, simplistic skeleton villain. His motives are straight foward, his methods simple, his entire decision making tree is a literal line with 2 nodes... "If alive, then kill", so he's linear... Yet they can't quite deal with him for good every time. Truly a lesson in writing and designing.

@Onepieceistheworstfuckinganime 2 ай бұрын

Was it necessary to make a supposed children's cartoon this deep and disturbing?

@Badmanpuntbaxter Ай бұрын

Something I've frequently discussed with other friends who write is how ironically boring overcomplicated villains are. It's one of those things where once everyone started doing it, it tanked in value so much because everyone sort of forgot what an antagonist is supposed to do in a story. So many "villains" never challenge the protagonist because the conclusion is the same every time, hero realizes "wow, we're not so different" and then they either reconcile or one of em dies because "I can't forgive myself, im too far gone, rahhhh!!!". Love to see more recent stories return to straightforward evil guys.

@yasininn76 28 күн бұрын

Problem is, humans aren't evil. Animals aren't evil. Only actually magic creatures are able to be fully evil. The lich itself is a representation of pure evil, but with a human that wouldn't work, because humans only are evil when they have trauma and anger, and both of those can be talked through, quite easily too if it's the right person. So basically you'd need a purely magic creature everytime to have one of those villains, and while yes it does work, using the same trope always is exactly what started this wave of "understandable" villains.

@andresaofelipe 3 ай бұрын

I really enjoy characters that embody the concept of entropy. They're not really evil as much as they are machines serving a purpose, machines that you really can't beat, you can only stave off for as long as you can

@BiggieChungulus Ай бұрын

So entropy describes the tendency for matter/energy to essentially reduce to a more likely state, however there's nothing in the laws of physics that prohibit the opposite

@yasininn76 28 күн бұрын

Not really that interesting. If you know the villain will win, what's the point, it's just as bad as a protagonist who always wins

@jessehutchings Ай бұрын

The only problem with the Lich is that he is such a well developed and fascinating character that the rest of the show's cast and stories feel like filler by comparison

@TeilzeitWikinger2000 Ай бұрын

Adventure Time is just so good. I wish they do a Spin Of/Prequel about Simon and Marcy.

@joshuacr 15 күн бұрын

Ikr?!

@FindsWay 3 ай бұрын

Finally a compilation that makes me understand the development of this character, thanks

@Splonton 4 ай бұрын

I think Prismo owes Finn a wish maybe. Finn's wish was for the Lich to "never even ever exist" and then the Lich exists in that wish reality anyway, and then causes a million problems for a million realities. So not only did Prismo not even technically grant Finn's wish, but he also bungled up a bunch of other junk by not fully granting the wish. Yeah monkey's paw and all that, but a monkey's paw situation would make it so the Lich is essential for life to go on but now he's gone so everyone is doomed, not just get rid of him for a while and bring him back anyway. (Edit: I don't think it's bad writing or anything, I know doing it this way was necessary for the amazing plotlines we got later. I just think it would be cool if adult Finn told Prismo something like "hey dude, you still owe me a wish, cuz I wished for the lich to "never even ever exist" and then he popped right back up." And then prismo gets all "sorry dude, my boss won't let me do any wish do-overs or I totally would" or something like that)

@curtisleblanc5897 4 ай бұрын

Finnwushed that the Lich never *existed* (past tense) That doesn't mean that he can't come back INTO existence.

@Splonton 4 ай бұрын

@@curtisleblanc5897 fair! Although it could be argued that "never even ever existed" could mean past tense from every point in time. I like to imagine that prismo attempted to grant Finn's wish by making the Lich never exist at any point but his powers couldn't do that fully because the Lich is essential for how that universe and others deriving from it work

@monsoonofthewindsofdestruc6690 4 ай бұрын

@@Splonton That part is what they took into effect for the "Monkeys paw" effect wishes have with Prismo. The point was that he made a hasty wish for the Lich to never have existed, which allowed him to eventually exist due to lack of clarity.

@curtisleblanc5897 4 ай бұрын

@@Splonton Yeah, I think Prismo would definitely want the Lich to never exist but he knew he could not do that because of the nature of his power and the universe, so he just did the best he could and the farmworld universe found a workaround. it was just so petty of the universe to make Farmworld Finn the cause of the rebirth of the Lich though

@zoltanbaroti7998 4 ай бұрын

Seeing what prismo gave to normal man and simon after wishing for their love to come back, i dont think he owes finn.

@JujuToobootie 4 ай бұрын

Feeling lost, complaining about it to your teacher, & the teacher to adds you to their floating Lego collection as punishment is wild!! Afterthought: I wonder if the Lich is sentient in his Lego form, and is aware of what happened to him?

@jphininzy9058 3 ай бұрын

that had me thinking too, if the lich was just turned into a block and becomes indifferent from the rest, who are the rest of them

@balls7661 3 ай бұрын

probably all the other multiverses where the lich won

@pot_of_greed2414 3 ай бұрын

I can't wait to be a father and rewatch adventure time with my offsprings together to let learn later on when they're at perfect age about the value lesson of life. This cartoon thought me allot about facing the worst part in life during my teenage years.

@realkraid Ай бұрын

And the weird thing is that The Lich is exactly the cliche JRPG villain type that people hate the most, the giant space flea from nowhere abstract embodiment of evil with no personal motivation or sympathetic qualities; just goes to show that what matters in a story isn't the elements that are in place but how they relate to each other and what they're there to accomplish

@yasininn76 28 күн бұрын

Jrpg my ass, Liches are old folklore

@Birocosis 22 күн бұрын

@yasininn76 You missed the point. Liches are old lore yes, but he's referring to Adventure Time's "The Lich".

@personwhohasayoutubechannel3 11 күн бұрын

The lich is literally the embodiment of a multidimensional, godlike being that serves as the most evil entity of all existence. I don't see why people would hate that, most people who encounter evil don't empathize with it, nor should you. So I think this is actually the best way to portray it: the entropy that exists to consume and taint, an unavoidable plague.

@stevenmattrell3448 4 ай бұрын

*Princess Bubblegum get possessed by the Lich *Jake slaps her, knocking the Lich out of her body "Wow Jake! You slapped the Lich out of her!"

@flockaveli15 4 ай бұрын

It’s crazy the timing on this. Randomly at work looking for something to listen to while I stock find your specific adventure time timeline video got hooked on the lore and first thing I thought of was it’d be nice to see a video on the pitch specifically and now boom! I just got off work and now you drop this😂😂

@justkrustus960 Ай бұрын

"In the beginning, before there was anything, there was nothing. And before there was nothing, there were monsters..." That speech from the lich is absolutely chilling. Perfectly written character IMO

@AnisGentell 3 ай бұрын

what a way to dive in the whole character and story telling i got a say ur one of a kind jartoon we don't see many chanels like you amazing video thanks

@theblindbandit6533 Ай бұрын

I always felt it wasn’t the sweater and love that saved Finn during their first fight after seeing Finn’s reincarnations as one of the catalyst comets of pure good it makes more sense that his past had something to do with it. Like two batteries that have the same charge.

@joshuacr 15 күн бұрын

After we saw the death of Jake and Finn having to meet him eventually to reincarnate in the next life, I always felt that Finn was the catalyst of friendship while Bonnie could technically represent the embodiment of love, especially with Marceline. That doesn't mean it's always positive and works, but it is always there to support for them both. Bonnie and Marceline. (Then again, this is my opinion. It is not necessarily show Canon for either show.)

@ShadowKing_365 4 ай бұрын

Dude 2 vids in 3 days glad to have u back

@marissamorgan9150 3 ай бұрын

ALL BECAUSE OF A DAMN SNAIL

@mehmetalparslan4108 4 ай бұрын

ngl Nice video.I love this Channel and Lich

@jonathansoares5454 4 ай бұрын

17:45 pretty sure it was a parallel version of that timeline cause the half lost face is swapped in Fionna and Cake

@spooplez2523 4 ай бұрын

The second to last episode showed the lich for like a minute and it made the episode 10x better

@thesonamy4850 4 ай бұрын

nice work keep it on! also for the next video i have a suggestion make a video about star vs forces of evil story

@leeroysam4518 Ай бұрын

If DMT was a cartoon.

@roofmini2613 2 ай бұрын

Literally ice king's past made my tears go down.

@bogan8865 Ай бұрын

Ice kings Gunther dream, with all the penguins horrified of him narrating the apocalypse was genuinely one of the wildest moments in the show to me.

@stickbugging 4 ай бұрын

Ill like and comment for the algorithm. Genuinly underrated man

@Eidolon5150 3 ай бұрын

For a kids cartoon the lich is pretty terrifying

@somewhere367 Ай бұрын

Director: You dont need anything too crazy. it's just a cartoon villain. Ron Pearlmen: Say no more.

@kiernanknox2314 3 ай бұрын

there was one episode you skipped over. it's not super important to the story. but it involves a bear befriending Finn and Jake who then is given the enchiridian by Finn, who in turn gives the enchiridian to the snail

@Hallow_emotionless 3 ай бұрын

This video is soo well edited bro

@ElectrostatiCrow 2 ай бұрын

I can confirm that Billy did indeed fight a bear. I saw it.😂

@GeminiS... 2 ай бұрын

I love how they turned an Easter egg into a MASSIVE piece of the story

@amirsahli1114 4 ай бұрын

10/10 video. Make more adventure time videos please

@ton1 Ай бұрын

GOLB transformed the Lich into a PUZZLE piece as far as I can tell. Nothing creates so much discord as a missing puzzle piece.

@whalescolive 2 ай бұрын

phenomenal video king

@Im_garbage128 3 ай бұрын

Lich was my favorite antagonist in the series.

@PhallicPhantom2 4 ай бұрын

I used to be way more afraid of the Lich until I saw what Golb could do. The Lich is still badass and terrifying tho.

@KururuFrog 2 ай бұрын

0:18 "Gosh, I wonder who that pixelated figure is."

@antigrav6004 Ай бұрын

Thanks for the breakdown. It was hard to find all his appearances before. Explain Golb next, and what his scholars could possibly be studying.

@quubec4090 Ай бұрын

one of the greatest cartoons ever created

@PriestOfC-Moon 3 ай бұрын

The lick is literally mewing

@PriestOfC-Moon 3 ай бұрын

🤫🧏‍♂️

@owlsnap5802 27 күн бұрын

The real scariest cartoon character is the deer

@theconfusedllama 2 ай бұрын

"One often meets his destiny in the road he takes to avoid it"

@jameseddleman6944 Ай бұрын

Golb seems to be Order as well as Chaos. Like a farmer who lets its crops grow, to harvest them later and he has "helpers" like the Lich

@joshuacr 15 күн бұрын

Organized chaos. A beautiful oxymoron indeed!

@jameseddleman6944 15 күн бұрын

@@joshuacr i mean, if he only ate things and permanently deletes them, nothing would be left. I feel like he turned the Lich into a cube to use later, eons from then, as an agent of choas, but in order to grow the "good guys" who create more stuff in the name of defeating evil.

@jameseddleman6944 15 күн бұрын

Like the whole fact there are diffrent universes based on if and when the Lich is introduced to that world, the Lich is a tool that spawns entire time lines, while he thinks hes destroying he probably creates more life indirectly in a way.

@Ray-od2kb 3 ай бұрын

"One stands alone" yea... THAT FUCKING DEER

@wikkdegroot237 Ай бұрын

The lich hand may be a reference to the hand of vecna, from dnd. Vecna is also a lich

@Kenso6969 3 ай бұрын

nice video👍

@Concentrated_Insomnia 4 ай бұрын

5:44 lich mews

@MetalGieras Ай бұрын

Toronto is his attorney, you philistine lol great video!

@stoiccrane4259 2 ай бұрын

The Enchiridion, also known as The Manual, is actually the work of great Stoic Philosopher Epictetus. Certainly worth a read.

@skittles9128 4 ай бұрын

how dare you, the ice king is no villain

@rabeyaruby607 2 ай бұрын

💀

@rabeyaruby607 2 ай бұрын

Naw if ice king sees Ur pfp, Ur did

@mcwhoopin417 27 күн бұрын

That "Fall" gave me the shivers and his explanation about extinguishing every light in the universe is so cold asf

@deshawncross4003 3 ай бұрын

Please do BMO & his story to how he got to be king of ooo with his spin off too!!! Please!

@HenryCallahan-yd8ki 4 ай бұрын

Very good show

@0X0Jennyjen0X0 2 ай бұрын

My favorite moment is when sweet pea snaps and is narrating the beginning to KoO and Toronto

@Will-dn9dq 21 күн бұрын

4:00 the writers definitely got a kid named billy 😂

@animeandrealty6749 Ай бұрын

The best video about the litch story

@DragonKing-te9wy 3 ай бұрын

Man, I need to find a way to watch Adventure Time again. The nostalgia is almost painful.

@tsayrangnarzary8947 Ай бұрын

It's one of the greatest cartoon series i've ever watched in my life!

@joshuacr 15 күн бұрын

It's one of the best mythology anthologies I've watched in my life. Child or adult.

@theslantedroomstudios 3 ай бұрын

Love your videos though!

@curtisleblanc5897 4 ай бұрын

" Yea, he wished for the extinction of all life and I did it. " - Prismo

@SMToonLarvaHeroes-9898 4 ай бұрын

Next video could be Simon Petrikov. I love his lore and the character is super interesting.

@joshuacr 15 күн бұрын

Every time I think of how we continues, I mourn original Betty so much!

@unusedGOTEN 2 ай бұрын

The lich gave me bad thoughts as a 5 year old but his just borderline awsome and creepy

@hope14359 4 ай бұрын

i can't belive the lich strarted from a side villain that billy have beaten in the past to litteraly villain pf yhe show and one of the coldest villains in fiction and hes even the reason why the land of ooo and everyone we know and love exists that's sir is peak character growth.

@Jonaegh 3 ай бұрын

You've bested me in many worlds, child. But I ALWAYS return. I am the Ceaseless Wheel. The last scholar of Golb. *I am your doom.*

@Rin-st8jk 2 ай бұрын

There are 4 seasons: Spring, Summer, Winter and 0:41

@Discipline8193 12 күн бұрын

Having Ron Pearlman do this voice was overkill. "FALL" lives rent free in my mind to this day.

@googleisacruelmistress1910 4 ай бұрын

Moral of the story - treat your pets well else the embodiment of evil will show up and wreck shit

@joshuacr 15 күн бұрын

And never ever ever ever ever trust snails!

@Goat-tz6gs 4 ай бұрын

Neat video also could you make a video about the owl house or amphibia :D

@user-fs1wq4vj7i Ай бұрын

I've never, in my life, seen a story that can so easily be described as "a nonsensical mess of retcons" as this. And I've seen Star Wars!

@troyguy7907 3 ай бұрын

One of the best tv shows in my child hood

@gadiaepps9745 3 ай бұрын

My tatto that I got some years ago is the thumbnail big W

@technician0096 3 ай бұрын

I love the off the wall whackyness of Adventure time. I mean the big bad villain in the end was just turned into a Tetris piece 😂😂

@hyvee8904 3 ай бұрын

will u ever do a "dragon booster the entire story"? pls

@DmP735 3 ай бұрын

I was hooked

@ExampleNo123 21 күн бұрын

Adventure time lore is crazy

@brainment 4 ай бұрын

I just finished watchin da adventure time video yesterday

@hanma830 4 ай бұрын

Batman beyond please

@JarToonyt 4 ай бұрын

On my to do list!

@IAmKokiri 4 ай бұрын

The lich hand falling into the multiverse also spread to universes made by prismo after the initial spread. Wyatt makes a wish in Fionna and Cake episode 4,and the lich can be seen in a cave in a new wishbased reality.

@stephenparadza6293 2 ай бұрын

Not before him! Finn Slayed him a bunch of times!

@muneka 3 ай бұрын

I'm calling it now, CHOOSE GOOSE is getting groomed into a MAJOR villain 😬😬😬😬

@joshuacr 15 күн бұрын

Technically didn't he cease to exist after he was used as a battery in that Fiona and Cake episode? (It's so confusing then again cuz they keep retconning characters so maybe not.)

@muneka 15 күн бұрын

@joshuacr it's cuz I kept seeing different versions of his either being bad or something motivating him to be bad(can't remember it's been a while)

@dashingocto3629 3 ай бұрын

Why does he say Golb so weird

@Atylonisus 2 ай бұрын

Gëlb

@Not-an-Alien 20 күн бұрын

This show is a trip

@KangKush 2 ай бұрын

This is the best saga of Adventure Time

@user-zx2xq5nx4g 4 ай бұрын

2 mimeutes ago is insane this is the earliest I've ever been lmaooo

@SuperSickNerd 4 ай бұрын

12 minutes 😅 for me.

@trollixgames Ай бұрын

Zawsze jak oglądałem Adventure Time jak byłem mały to tak się bałem gdy się pojawiał

@llpolluxll 2 ай бұрын

"you are strong child, but I am beyond strength."

@Glitch-Gremlin 11 күн бұрын

The Lich reminded me a lot of Mum-Ra

@aspenhightower1438 3 ай бұрын

The lich isn’t more scary than any courage the cowardly dog villain

@shein360 21 күн бұрын

There’s a lot of dumb goofy episodes, but then there’s storylines like this!

@ELMolliez Ай бұрын

We need a followup story about how sweet pea became the hero of Ooh. Growing as tall as a mountain, getting a massive beard, and inherited the hero sword.

@juanckjim 28 күн бұрын

The blocks are the universes where he succeded. It's a few, but that's chaos.

@leomonk974 Ай бұрын

Adventure time should be considered one of the best animated shows of all time. Up there with jujutsu Kisen(if you haven’t watched it, you won’t be disappointed)

@JarToonyt Ай бұрын

Adventure time is, in my opinion, the big three of Cartoon Network! (Regular show and gumball are the other two. I love that era although respect and love to the older shows like ed, edd and eddy)

@leomonk974 15 күн бұрын

@@JarToonyt speaking of amazing shows, you ever watch invader Zim? That was a show before it’s time.